Thirteenth Series, Vol. I, No.7 Thursday, October 28. 1999 Kartika 6, 192] (Saka) LOK SABRA DEBATES (English Version) First Session (Thirteenth Lok Sabha) (Vol. J contains Nos. J to 8) .. .-._----. P~r I.lBIUY' 1J ,... :l.-·-JL " ...... _J'/lj~--- -7.:~- ---_ ~-. - . LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI Price ,'·RJ. 50.00 EDITORIAL BOARD G. C. Malhotra Secretary-General Lok Sabha Dr. A. K. Pandey Additional Secretary Hamam Singh Joint Secretary P. C. Bhatt Chief Editor A. P. Chakravarti Senior Editor J. C. Sharma Editor [ORIGINAl. ENm.lSII PROClmlllNGS INCI.umm IN ENGI.lSII. VHRSION ANI) ORIGINAL HINIlI PROCEm)INGS INCI.UI)HIl IN HINIlI VI'.RSIIJN WIU. n TRI'.AmllAS AtrrtlORlTl\TIVll ANn NC1f THE TRANSI.ATION TIIHRI!CII'.J CONTENTS (Thirieenth Series, Vol. I, First Session 199fV1921-(Saka)} No.7, ThuNdey, October 28,1tnlKartileal,1121 (Salea» SUBJECT COLUMNS MEMBER SWORN .................................. •• 0 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE .................... .0 ••••• 0 ••••••••••••••••• 0 •••• 0 ••••• 0 •••••••• 0. 2 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE ............ ••••••••• ••••••••••••• 0.0 ••• 0 •••••••••••••••••••••••• 3·9 PAY COMMlnEE ON SCALES OF PAY OF THE OFFICERS AND STAFF OF RAJYA SABHA AND LOK SABHA SECRETARIATS First Report. 9·10 INTRODUCTION OF MINISTERS ............................................................... 10 STATEMENT BY MINISTER Recent Visit of U.S. Secretary of Energy Shri Pramod Mahajan. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11·13 BILLS· Introduced (i) Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill. 14 (ii) Securities Laws (Second Amendment) Bill. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. 14·15 (iii) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Bill . 15-44 PRESENTATION OF PETITION .............................................. ··················· 44-45 MAnERS UNDER RULE 377 . 46·52 (i) Need to provide financial assistance to State Govemment of Rajasthan for providing relief to the people affected by drought in the State Prof. Rasa Singh Rawat . 46 (ii) Need to expedite construction of Fertilizer Plant at Gorakhpur. U.P. by KRIBHCO Yogi Aditya Nath ............................................................... 46 (iii) Need to provide financial assistance to State Govemment of Madhya Pradesh tor providing relief to the people affected by flood in Raisen, Sehore and Hoshangabad districts Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan. 46-47 (iv) Need to send a Central team to Bihar to assess the damage caused by floods in Godda and other districts of the State and provide funds for rehabilitation of affected people SM Jagdambi Prasad Yadav .................................................... 47 (v) Need to provide adequate funds to State Govemment of Kamataka for upgradation of airport at Mysore 47-48 Shrl S.D.NoR. Wadiyar . 0 •• 0 •• 0 • 0 0 • 0 •••• 0 ••••••••••• 0 ••••••• 0 •••• 0 •• 0 ••• 0 0 ••• ' •••• (II) SUBJECT COLUMNS (vi) Need to provide financial assistance to State Govemment of Andhra Pradesh to mitigate the hardship being faced by cotton growers due to drought conditions In the State Shrl Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy. .. .. .. .. .. 48 (vii) Need to bring the teaching cadre under Central Health Scheme at par with AIIMS SM Nepal Chandra Das . 48-49 (viii) Need to take up the work of railway line between Nalgonda·Macheria and Ralchur In Andllra Pradesh Dr. Manda Jagannath . 49 (ixt·~ Need to make Ganesh Sugar Mills. under N.T.C. in Maharajganj district. U.P. viable Kunwar Akhilesh Singh . 49·50 (x) Need to revise the royalty on coal and other mineral products Shrl Braja Kishore Trlpathy . 50 (xi) Need to send a Central team to Haryana to assess the damage caused due to drought and release adequate funds to the State Government for providing relief to the affected people Shrl Ajay Singh Chautala . 50·51 (xii) Nee~ to reduce the price of diesel Shrl Varkala Radhakrlshnan . 51 (xiii) Need for a comprehensive master plan to prevent recurring floods In Itahar. Maida and Murshldabad in West Bengal Shrl Prlya Ranjan Dasmunsi ..................................................... 51-52 STATUTORY RESOLUTION RE: DISAPPROVAL OF INCOME·TAX (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE AND INCOME·TAX (AMENDMENT) BILL ......................................................... 69-76 Motion to Consider. .. .. .. 69 Shri Basu Deb Acharla ................................................................. 69 Shri Yashwant Sinha .................................................................. 69-70 Shri K.P. Singh Deo ................................................................... 71-72 Shrl Ramesh Chennithala .............................................................. 72-73 Shri G.M. Banatwalla .................................................................. 73 Clause 2. 3 and 1 ........................................................................ 75 Motion to pass .......................................................................... 75 CONTINGENCY FUND OF INDIA (AMENDMENT) BILL .............................................. 76-77 Motion to Consider ...................... ''; ............................................... 76 Shrl Yashwant Sinha ............................................•...................... 76-77 Clause 2. 3 and 1 ........................................................................ 77 Motion to pass .......................................................................... 77 (IIi) SUBJECT COLUMNS STATUTORY RESOLUTION RE: DISAPPROVAL OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE AND REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT) BILL ............. 77·87 Motion to Consider ....................................................................... .. 79 Shri Ramesh Chennithala .............................................................. 78-79 Shri O. Rajagopal ......................................................................' • 79 Shri Varkala Radhakrishnan ............................................................. 8D-81 Shri V.M. Sudheeran ................................................................... 81-85 Shri Ali Mohd. Nalk .................................................................... 85 Clause 2. 3 and 1 ........................................................................ 87 Motion to pass ................................................................... 87 DISCUSSION UNDER RULE 193 Natural Calamities in West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa ........................... 87·153 Shri Ajoy Chakraborty ............................................................... , .. 87·92 Shri Anadi Sahu ...................................................................... 92·97 Shri K.P. Singh Deo ................................................................... 97·101 Dr. Manda Jagannath . .. 101·102 Shri Sukdeo Paswan . .. 102·104 Shri N. Janardhana Reddy. .. 104·109 Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy ................................................................. 109-112 Shri Devendra Prasild Yadav ....................................... ······················112·114 Shri MahboobZahedi ......................................... ··························114-117 Shri Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi .................. ' ......................................... 117·120 Shri Braja Kishore Tripathy .............................................................. 121·122 Shri Kalava Srinivasulu ................................................................ 122·124 Shri Ranen Barman ................................................................... 124-125 Shri K. Yerrannaidu ................................................................... 125-126 Shri Anll Basu ........................... '............................................ 126·128 Shri Bikram Kesharl Deo ............................................................... 128·129 Shri E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan ........................................................ 129·133 Shri Amar Roy Pradhan ................................................................ 134·135 137·138 Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan ................................................•............. Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh ......... , ................................................. 138 139-141 Shri Raghunath Jhe ..............................................•..........•.......... (Iv) SUBJECT COLUMNS Shri Kharabela Swain. • . • • . •• . • . • . • • . • . 141-14£ Shrimatl Jayashree Banerjee.. •. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......... 142 Shn S.B.P.B.K. Satyanarayna Rao . .. 142-147 Kunwar Akhilesh Singh. .. 147-148 Shri Prabhunath Singh. • . .. ........ 148 Prof. Ummareddy Venkateswarlu . .. .. .. .. .. 149·150 MOTION OF THANKS ON THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS... ......................................... 154-166 Shri Shivraj V. Patil .................................................................... 154·160 SM Raghunath Jha ... 161-164 Shn P. Rajendran ..................................................................... , 164.166 LOK SABHA DEBATES LOKSABHA [Translationl SHRI VINAY KATIYAR : Mr. Speaker. Sir, the farmers Thursday, October 28, 1999IKartika 6, 1921 (Saka) are on the verge of starvation. The sugar mills have been closed .. (Interruptions) They are being threatened that they will be put behind bars (Interruptions). The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock The Government should see to it that they get their dues (Interruptions). This matter IS very serious [MR. SP~AKER In the Chair 1 (Interruptions). MEMBER SWORN-Contd {English] .. (Interruptions) SHRI RAJESH PILOT (Dausa) , You have Increased the price of diesel . (Interruptions) (Englishl 11.03 hrs. MR. SPEAKER: Secretary-General may now call Shri Maheshwar